Home alone
PATRICIA VINE reports on a huge rise in the ‘singleton’ lifestyle Whatever you want to call it there is a huge rise in the number of people who are living alone. The number of households occupied by j ...
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Over a million older people struggling to cope at home with zero care
The number of older people who have difficulty with basic tasks such as getting out of bed, washing and dressing but who get no help has now soared to over one million (1,004,000) according to shockin ...
The stigma of mental health
I must start this article by saying that this is what happened to me when I was diagnosed as being mentally ill, and about what happened to me during the time I spent in hospital. Everyone has differe ...
3 in 10 Scots over 60 affected by adult kid dependancy
Almost three in ten Scots (28%) aged over-60, equating to 343,500 people, still have grown-up children relying on them in some way according to research from Age Scotland Enterprises. This underlines ...